Wick-holder.



F. A. MCGUIRE.

WICK HOLDER. APPLICATION HLED 050.14. 1918.

I /VES ES ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

FRANK A. MGGUIRE, or IOLA, KANSAS.

NICK-HOLDER. is

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 14, 1918. Serial No. 266,785.

To all whou'z/ it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK A. MoGUInn, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Iola, in the county ofAllen and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wick-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in wick holders, especially designed foruse with sanctuary lamps to support the wick in the lamp in such mannerthat it may be easily removed without the necessity for touching thesame with the hands, and without the necessity for touching the oil, andwherein the remnants of burnt wick may be expelled by the insertion ofthe new, and wherein the wick will be firmly held, but in a yieldingmanner, to provide for use of different sized wicks.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved holder, showing theinsertion of a new wick;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the lamp, with the wick and holder inplace;

Fig. 3 is a section through the wick bear- 1n Fig. 4.- is a similar viewthrough a modified construction Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view ofthe holder, showing the means for adjusting the length of the holder.

In the present embodiment of the invention the holder is extensible andcontractible, consisting of sections 1 and 2, the said sections being ofstrip formation as shown.

The strip 2 has a species of socket at its upper end formed by lateralenlargements, which are bent over to form guide flanges 3, and theadjacent end of the section 1 moves in these guide flanges. The section1 has a species of hook or clasp 4 at its top, which will engage overthe frame of the vessel 5, to support the holder in proper position inthe vessel, and at the hook or clasp the section has a fingerpiece 6 inthe form of a ring, which may be grasped by the fingers, as shown inFig. 1, to remove the holder from the vessel.

The lower end of the section 2 is curved laterally at approximately aright angle to the body of the section, as indicated at 7, and thislateral portion 7 carries a socket 8 for receiving the wick 9. Referringto Fig. 3. it will benoted that the socket is of larger diameter thanthe wick, so that the Wick moves loosely in the socket, and yieldingmechanism is provided for engaging the wick to hold it firmly in place,to permit the wick to be moved longitudinally of the socket.

The holding means shown in Fig. 3 is in the form of a ring 10 which isinserted in the lower end of the socket and has spring tongues 11 whichengage the wick. The ring 10 is held in place by a radial lug 12 whichis bent around the end of the portion 7 of the strip, as clearly shownin F i 3.

In Fig. 4c the socket 13, which corresponds to the socket 8 of Fig. 3,receives the wick 14, and the wick is held in place by a spring tongue15. This tongue is secured to the end of the portion 7 corresponding tothe portion 7 of Fig. 1 by means of a lug 15 which is bent around andover the end of the portion 7 In either case the wick may be movedfreely upward through the socket to bring the blaze at the proper pointwith respect to the vessel.

In inserting a new wick, it is inserted from below, as shown in Fig. 1,being passed upwardly through the socket, and the end of the enteringwick will displace the unburnt remnant of the old wick. Thus the unburntremnant may be dislodged and the new wick inserted without the necessityof touching the holder, except at the finger piece 6. Also the holdermay be removed, together with the wick, from the vessel withoutnecessitating touching the oil.

A limited amount of adjustment is permitted between the sections tocorrespond with vessels of different depth, and it will be evident,referring to Figs. 3 and 4, that wicks of difierent sizes may be usedand will still be held by the socket. In practice, a heavy wick is usedin cold weather, while one of smaller size is used in warm weather.

It will be understood that bushings may be used in the socket to firmlyengage the wicks to hold them from movement, that is, from accidentaldisplacement. Thus for thin wicks thick bushings would be used, whilefor thick wicks thin bushings would suffice.

Iclaim:

1. A wick holder of the character specified consisting of a strip bentat its upper end to form a hook for engaging over the edge of a vesseland having a finger piece at the hook, and bent at its lower end to lieat approximately a right angle to the body of the strip, said last namedend carrying a socket through which the Wick may be passed, the sockethaving yielding means for engaging the Wick to hold the same, said stripconsiststrip, said last nained end carrying a socket though which theWick may be passed, the socket having yielding means for engaging theWick to hold the same.

3. A Wick holder ofthecharacter specified consisting of a strip bent atits upper Copies of-this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the end to form a hook for engaging over the edge of a vesseland having a finger piece at the hook, the other end of the stripcarrying a socket through which the Wick may be passed, and yieldingmeans in the socket for engaging the Wick.

4. A Wick holder for the purpose specified comprising a strip having atone end means for engaging the edge of a vessel and having at the otherend a socket through Which the wick may be passed, said socket havingyielding means for engaging the Wick.

FRANK A. MCGUIRE.

Witnesses:

, Sister M. GABRIEL, Sister M. PLACIDA.

Commissioner of Patentsv Washington, D. C.

